CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Carol Barker is being called an angel in human form. At the July 23 Clinton Township Board of Trustees meeting, the 73-year-old resident surprised board members and the public by giving an envelope to Supervisor Bob Cannon. It contained a check for $16,000.

METRO DETROIT — The opioid epidemic has made one thing clear: Amid the turmoil and the effects of its reach, and the subsequent deaths that have resulted, there are selfless individuals who strive each day to make the world a more inhabitable place.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Art Fair is returning for its 35th annual event Aug. 11 and 12 on the municipal campus, 52700 Van Dyke Ave., and there will be more than 100 artists participating from all over Michigan and neighboring state

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Midsummer rain couldn’t keep away the kids who had earned the right to eat ice cream, climb in a fire truck and a front-loader, meet a police K-9 dog and more during the St. Clair Shores Summer Reading Club’s wrap-up party July 31.

METRO DETROIT — You’ve spotted the racks outside the coffee shop and driven — gingerly — alongside the lanes on the edge of the road. Now another accommodation has been made to make life a little easier for bicyclists trying to get not just around town, but across the state.

WARREN — At the deadline to do so, a volunteer working for a group seeking to undo a 2016 voter-approved term limits extension that affected Warren’s mayors filed petitions aimed at getting the question on the ballot this November.

METRO DETROIT — Summer is often the time of year when a vehicle’s colors shine their brightest, but it also can bring more attention to scratched and chipped paint. However, experts in auto detailing or repair say options exist to restore a paint job.

TROY — Approximately 300 kids took to the track and throughout the center to run or walk a half-mile course as many times as they could in an hour for the second annual Run the Club jog-athon at the Boys and Girls Club of Troy July 25.